Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 36[a]
For the music director, an oracle, written by the Lord’s servant David.[b]
36 An evil man is rebellious to the core.[c]
He does not fear God,[d]
2 for he is too proud
to recognize and give up his sin.[e]
3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful;
he does not care about doing what is wise and right.[f]
4 While he lies in bed he plans ways to sin.
He is committed to a sinful lifestyle;[g]
he does not reject what is evil.[h]
5 O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky,[i]
your faithfulness to the clouds.[j]
6 Your justice is like the highest mountains,[k]
your fairness like the deepest sea;
you, Lord, preserve[l] mankind and the animal kingdom.[m]
7 How precious[n] is your loyal love, O God!
The human race finds shelter under your wings.[o]
8 They are filled with food from your house,
and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.[p]
10 Extend[q] your loyal love to your faithful followers,[r]
and vindicate[s] the morally upright.[t]
11 Do not let arrogant men overtake me,
or let evil men make me homeless.[u]
12 I can see the evildoers! They have fallen.[v]
They have been knocked down and are unable to get up.[w]
13 But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away[a] because of the famine. 14 Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment[b] for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.[c] 15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians[d] came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die[e] before your very eyes because our money has run out?”
16 Then Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food[f] in exchange for[g] your livestock.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys.[h] He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our[i] lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become[j] Pharaoh’s slaves.[k] Give us seed that we may live[l] and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”[m]
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each[n] of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe.[o] So the land became Pharaoh’s. 21 Joseph[p] made all the people slaves[q] from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it. 22 But he did not purchase the land of the priests because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh and they ate from their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.
23 Joseph said to the people, “Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate[r] the land. 24 When the crop comes in, give[s] one-fifth of it to Pharaoh. The remaining four-fifths will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.” 25 They replied, “You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor,[t] and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”[u]
26 So Joseph made it a statute,[v] which is in effect[w] to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
14 Now[a] they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. 15 And Jesus[b] ordered them,[c] “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees[d] and the yeast of Herod!” 16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.[e] 17 When he learned of this,[f] Jesus said to them, “Why are you arguing[g] about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened? 18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear?[h] Don’t you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied, “Twelve.” 20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,[i] “Seven.” 21 Then[j] he said to them, “Do you still not understand?”[k]
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